Reading practice - Truth about lying

Michael damaged a jacket and blamed Dr Patterson.

• Yes

• No

• Not given (= no information about this in the article)

5 year old boys lie more often than 5 year old girls.

• Yes

• No

• Not given (= no information about this in the article)

The majority of viewers of a TV program could easily tell if a presenter was lying.

• Yes

• No

• Not given (= no information about this in the article)

According to research, people will look away and move around a lot while telling a lie.

• Yes

• No

• Not given (= no information about this in the article)

People speak less when they are lying than when they are telling the truth.

• Yes

• No

• Not given (= no information about this in the article)

Radio presenters lie more often than journalists.

• Yes

• No

• Not given (= no information about this in the article)

Filming liars has shown that they do not display ____________ behaviour.

• words

• nervous

• experiments

• feelings

Liars tend to avoid talking about their own _________

• words

• nervous

• experiments

• feelings

Signs of lying are exposed in people’s _________ rather than their movements.

• words

• nervous

• experiments

• feelings